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Why Spring Is the Best Time to Replace Your Windows and Doors

Why Spring Is the Best Time to Replace Your Windows and Doors

Replacing your windows and doors is a significant investment, improving your home’s energy efficiency, security, and aesthetics. But when is the best time to schedule this home improvement project? While window and door replacement can be carried out year-round,...

A Guide to Understanding Energy Ratings for Windows and Doors

A Guide to Understanding Energy Ratings for Windows and Doors

Energy ratings are an important consideration when choosing windows and doors for your home. They can help you determine the energy efficiency of a product and its potential to save you money on heating and cooling costs. However, energy ratings can be confusing and...

How to Find a Trustworthy and Professional Window and Door Installer

How to Find a Trustworthy and Professional Window and Door Installer

Finding a trustworthy and professional window and door installer is crucial for ensuring that your home improvement project is completed successfully. At Isis Windows, we understand the importance of choosing the right installer for your needs. In this article, we'll...

How to Choose Eco-Friendly Windows and Doors for Your Home

How to Choose Eco-Friendly Windows and Doors for Your Home

Choosing eco-friendly windows and doors for your home is not only good for the environment, but it can also help to reduce your energy bills and improve the comfort of your home. At Isis Windows, we offer a range of high-quality eco-friendly windows and doors that are...

How to Choose the Right Window and Door Style for Your Home

How to Choose the Right Window and Door Style for Your Home

Choosing the right window and door style for your home can be a daunting task. Not only do you want them to look great, but they also need to be energy-efficient, secure, and functional. At Isis Windows, we offer a range of window and door styles to suit your needs...

A Comprehensive Guide to Different Types of Windows for Your Home

A Comprehensive Guide to Different Types of Windows for Your Home

Choosing the right windows for your home is an important decision. Not only do they affect the appearance of your home, but they also play a role in energy efficiency, security, and overall comfort. At Isis Windows, we offer a range of window types to suit your needs...

How Energy-Efficient Windows Can Save You Money on Your Energy Bills

How Energy-Efficient Windows Can Save You Money on Your Energy Bills

Are you tired of paying high energy bills every month? Installing energy-efficient windows can help you save money on your heating and cooling costs. At Isis Windows, we've been installing double glazing windows and replacement doors in Oxford and across the county of...

TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY THIS WINTER

TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY THIS WINTER

To maximise the energy efficiency of your windows, firstly, reduce draughts and heat loss by making sure your windows fit well and add draught strips to reduce heat loss. Secondly, add insulated blinds or curtains to retain as much heat as possible inside the home.

Windows & Doors: The Benefits of Choosing a Local Company 

Windows & Doors: The Benefits of Choosing a Local Company 

As if choosing new windows and doors wasn’t complicated enough, one also needs to decide whether to go local or choose one of the big national brands to supply and install them.  Over the last few years, life as we knew it has changed in many ways, resulting in many...

What’s the difference between French Windows and Casement Windows?

What’s the difference between French Windows and Casement Windows?

Here at Isis Windows, people often ask us about the difference between French windows and casement windows. It’s true that both styles of windows are pretty similar, so appreciating the differences between the two can be confusing. Here’s our (hopefully) helpful guide...

How to Know When it’s Time to Replace Your Sash Windows?

How to Know When it’s Time to Replace Your Sash Windows?

They’re an attractive feature and a great way of adding character to a property, but knowing when it’s time to replace your sash windows can feel challenging. Equally, it’s a big investment and understandably you may feel reluctant to make it unless and until you...

A Guide to Choosing a Double Glazing Company

A Guide to Choosing a Double Glazing Company

If your windows are due a major upgrade, and you need to set about choosing a double glazing company, it can seem an initially daunting prospect. But the unfortunate reality is that with winter in full swing, any issues, from leaks when it rains to chilly draughts and...

How to ensure your home improvements pay their way

How to ensure your home improvements pay their way

If you’re looking to increase the value of your home with home improvements and following the general trend of improving rather than moving, it is important that these improvements pay off and return a profit. There are many options when it comes to renovating your...

Which home improvements will add value to your home?

Which home improvements will add value to your home?

Two in five of us will be looking to improve our homes in 2019, according to one new study. This is, of course, in keeping with the current preference for ‘improving not moving’, given the uncertainty over Brexit and so on. For many, boosting the price tag of their...

Why Spring & Summer is the best time to replace windows in your home

Why Spring & Summer is the best time to replace windows in your home

If you’re thinking about replacing the windows in your property, of course this is something you can do whenever you like, no matter what season it is. But there are a number of reasons why this time of year is perfect for getting them done. Breaths of fresh air If...

How to Add Value to your Home this Spring

How to Add Value to your Home this Spring

Homeowners have spent a total of £41bn doing up their homes over the past five years – an average of £1,875 each, according to a recent survey. A separate poll found that the last four years have seen a five-fold rise in numbers of homeowners choosing to stay put and...

Avoiding common home improvement pitfalls

Avoiding common home improvement pitfalls

With any new home improvement project, there’s always a lot to think about. But understanding some of the common mistakes that homeowners make, and knowing how to prevent them, will go a long way to avoiding any potential stresses. Biggest Home Improvement Mistakes...

Our top tips for beating the winter chill at home

The recent cold snap saw the coldest start to spring in five years, thanks to the ‘Beast from the East’ and the Siberian weather front it brought, as snow engulfed huge swathes of the country. Clearly, it’s warmed up since then, but if you’re still shivering at home,...

Could equity release help you improve your home this spring?

Could equity release help you improve your home this spring?

We’re all hoping that spring is just around the corner. As the weather turns milder, it’s the perfect time of year to spruce up your home, whether you’re considering a new kitchen or bathroom, building an extension or replacing windows and doors. And if you’re on the...

What are the benefits of double glazing?

What are the benefits of double glazing?

Unlike traditional, single-glazed windows which have one layer of glass and are usually encased in timber frames, double glazing windows have two layers of glass, just as their name suggests. They can come in a wide variety of different frame materials, from...

Do replacement windows need planning permission?

Do replacement windows need planning permission?

If you’re among the many UK householders who’ve decided to enhance their home’s value with new windows, you may well be wondering whether you need planning permission to do this. The short answer is that the vast majority of properties don’t need planning permission...

What a composite door could do for your home

What a composite door could do for your home

Not only is it the first thing a visitor sees on approaching your home, it’s your protection from the outside world. It’s also likely to be your home’s most-used portal. A composite door offers a quieter, more secure and warmer solution than the alternatives. What’s...